Photo: Mojo Hand · CC BY-SA 4.0Glen Allen goes ungraded: its recorded crime
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Ashland, 7 miles away, graded C−. Glen Allen has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Henrico County. The Henrico County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Glen Allen alone, and no Safety Grade. 2 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles.
What stands out about safety in Glen Allen
Policed by the county
Glen Allen is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Henrico County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Henrico County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Glen Allen. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Virginia towns with their own police figures are Ashland (C−, 7 mi), Richmond (D, 9 mi), Hopewell (C−, 28 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Glen Allen. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Henrico County Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Henrico County without police of their own, which include Glen Allen.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in Henrico County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Henrico County Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Virginia towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland | C− | 7 mi | 4.9 | 20.4 |
| Richmond | D | 9 mi | 3.8 | 34.1 |
| Hopewell | C− | 28 mi | 3.8 | 17.3 |
| Colonial Heights | D | 28 mi | 4.2 | 33.3 |
| Petersburg | D | 32 mi | 8.8 | 30.6 |
| Louisa | C+ | 37 mi | 2.4 | 11.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Glen Allen. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Glen Allen.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Four people died in crashes on Glen Allen’s roads in 2019–2023
Glen Allen had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (2 of 4) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what is typical for Virginia towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Glen Allen’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Glen Allen’s own rate (4.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Glen Allen and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel | — | — | — |
| Chamberlayne | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Laurel and Chamberlayne are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Glen Allen
Is Glen Allen, VA safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Glen Allen. The nearest Virginia towns with a grade are Ashland (C−, 7 mi), Richmond (D, 9 mi), Hopewell (C−, 28 mi).
Who polices Glen Allen?
The Henrico County Police Department. Glen Allen is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Henrico County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Glen Allen.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.